Page 1 of 1

Toku with his new basking & sleeping branches

PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:22 pm
by slider_keeper
Image

Image

Image

Image

Re: Toku with his new basking & sleeping branches

PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:45 pm
by steve
Looks nice. How does he like those hanging spots?

Re: Toku with his new basking & sleeping branches

PostPosted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 11:57 pm
by slider_keeper
if your referring to the sleeping branch he is hanging on it tonight to sleep

Re: Toku with his new basking & sleeping branches

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:00 am
by steve
My RES like to do that too. My male RES likes to take one paw to hang on and poke his head out of the water, while in my other tank my girl like to tip toe on a submerged platform so she can easily stick her nose out of the water.

Re: Toku with his new basking & sleeping branches

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:40 am
by slider_keeper
yeah the first is exactly what Toku was doing. Do you have a similar setup Steve?

Re: Toku with his new basking & sleeping branches

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:35 pm
by steve
Not really, it's just a cork bark edge placed at an angle. Very simple and reliable. Looks pretty good but not as much as the drift wood.

Re: Toku with his new basking & sleeping branches

PostPosted: Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:15 pm
by slider_keeper
Oh ok, I like the cork bark look. I actually got this idea from a post on the Austin turtle page, if I'm not mistaken. There is a article about picking, prepping, the materials needed and building the platforms. I found it by googling driftwood basking platforms. The author is Bob McNally. This is the person I have to give all the credit to for my basking area. I just followed his instructions. It was really easy to do.

Re: Toku with his new basking & sleeping branches

PostPosted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 3:02 am
by halfshell
Very cool. I really love that set up.

Re: Toku with his new basking & sleeping branches

PostPosted: Sun Jun 03, 2012 1:19 pm
by slider_keeper
Thank you Halfshell!